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Writer Erica Jong caused a sensation at the beginning of the 70s with her book Fear of Flying, where – using a "male" kind of language and, for that time, on the verge of pornography – she wrote about her love life and her fears.

Those were the years of sexual emancipation, so it seemed like a great accomplishment. Today, the writer examines the turnaround attitude visible in young people who embrace monogamy and marriage. Or, she asks herself, maybe in the total chaos we live in we have developed a passion for a quiet life?

We actually have to live with images of increasingly vulgar women, with aesthetic standards that seem to convey only references to sex and eroticism, and maybe this is why the new generations, who don't need to fight against taboos anymore, are looking for a peaceful life instead, and not for transgression at all costs.

If this is true as it seems, according to the writer's personal experience with her daughter and her daughter's girlfriends, apparently younger people are more reactionary then their parents, and less free. A normal reaction. The mother behaved in a certain way, the daughters will do the opposite.

Erica Jong judges negatively such a lack of passion and love for conventions she sees in young people. It's as if young women were going backwards regarding their rights.

I cannot speak on behalf of the new generation, but from what I hear, I don't think this is the case at all. Today's freedom is not the result of social struggle and least of all of feminist battles, or the emancipation after years of fighting. It has been here for 40 years and we just don't mention it, period. This freedom has existed since the women of this generation were born. No need to bring it into question.

I believe that, simply, less attention is given to the issue because so many things have happened in these years all over the world. Including the rise of the internet, where one can make new friends and meet new partners, and even have virtual sex.

Less freedom? Less passion? No, it's simply a natural evolution, with no need to shout and protest. Maybe, there is also a little more discretion. In displaying our feelings and our relationships. For sure, not in the clothes' aesthetics!